well that is a very interesting thing to look at, there is a decent chance that it could be Hinata, maybe it was the thing that drove Hinata to confess, knowing that there was no way she could lose him after feeling so close to him, when I look at the first page of chapter 437.

http://www.mangareader.net/93-442-1/naruto/chapter-437.html

this could be a way of Kishi placing subtle hints on the first pages, with the ones you presented it could be painting a really bright picture and even chapter 540 with Hinata's flashback, plus with chapter 615 and 633, we could be seeing the pieces of the puzzle falling into place, well that's what I think.

Maybe there was a chance that Naruto might have been developing feelings for Hinata for some time now, but unfortunately due to Kishi subtle ways we have no evidence to back this claim up, but Hinata is really close to him, that cover of chapter 371 could be looked at during a filler or something, don't know, but it does seem really interesting that we see the same building and that goofy smile from Naruto from the cover and the flashback.

51-mustang wrote:well that is a very interesting thing to look at, there is a decent chance that it could be Hinata, maybe it was the thing that drove Hinata to confess, knowing that there was no way she could lose him after feeling so close to him, when I look at the first page of chapter 437.

http://www.mangareader.net/93-442-1/naruto/chapter-437.html

this could be a way of Kishi placing subtle hints on the first pages, with the ones you presented it could be painting a really bright picture and even chapter 540 with Hinata's flashback, plus with chapter 615 and 633, we could be seeing the pieces of the puzzle falling into place, well that's what I think.

Maybe there was a chance that Naruto might have been developing feelings for Hinata for some time now, but unfortunately due to Kishi subtle ways we have no evidence to back this claim up, but Hinata is really close to him, that cover of chapter 371 could be looked at during a filler or something, don't know, but it does seem really interesting that we see the same building and that goofy smile from Naruto from the cover and the flashback.

That would also explain, why only Hinata's "death" made Naruto "seethed with the worst emotions he would ever".

Spoiler:

Because it was Hinata that "Naruto meets with someone close to him...". And then 437 with "I don't want to loose him. He feels so close to me".

you know those words are edited to the side of the chapter, not by kishimoto. -for example i bought raw japanese prints, and "i iwll never let go of your hand' was never in the japanese raw, or even in the official naruto volumes either. -so sorry to be a buzzkill, but these sort of things don't mean much, becuas the editors did it and not Kishimoto.

itachi75 wrote:you know those words are edited to the side of the chapter, not by kishimoto. -for example i bought raw japanese prints, and "i iwll never let go of your hand' was never in the japanese raw, or even in the official naruto volumes either. -so sorry to be a buzzkill, but these sort of things don't mean much, becuas the editors did it and not Kishimoto.

itachi75 wrote:you know those words are edited to the side of the chapter, not by kishimoto. -for example i bought raw japanese prints, and "i iwll never let go of your hand' was never in the japanese raw, or even in the official naruto volumes either. -so sorry to be a buzzkill, but these sort of things don't mean much, becuas the editors did it and not Kishimoto.

Are the editors allowed to do this without Kishimoto's consent?

Yes. Editors work on the manga as well. So they can add and take away what they see fit. Just because Naruto is "his" creation, it doesn't mean he (Kishi) controls everything.

I got video somewhere in my Youtube inbox that basically talks about editors and what they can do. It talks about manga but if i can find it i'll post it in the Naruto Discussion section.

itachi75 wrote:you know those words are edited to the side of the chapter, not by kishimoto. -for example i bought raw japanese prints, and "i iwll never let go of your hand' was never in the japanese raw, or even in the official naruto volumes either. -so sorry to be a buzzkill, but these sort of things don't mean much, becuas the editors did it and not Kishimoto.

Yeah, who cares about dem editor notes, you know, the guys working with Kishi